Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru have published a modular habitat concept called BHEEM (Bhartiya Extraterrestrial Expandable Modular Habitat) that assembles 2,130 cubic metres of living space from just 422 flat panels, more than double the pressurized volume of the International Space Station, which NASA lists at 1,005 cubic metres ( NASA, ISS Facts and Figures ; BHEEM paper, ResearchGate ). The design treats off-world housing as a logistics problem: launch light,...